Afternoon on 3 - 09/11/2007

Presented by Penny Gore. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert Tchaikovsky and the Russians 4/4. In this final concert of Russian music from the Perth Concert Hall, Paul Hillier conducts the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in a selection from Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil and one of Tchaikovsky's best-loved partsongs. Rachmaninov: Come, let us worship; Praise the Lord, O my soul; Blessed is the Man; Gladdening Light; Nunc Dimittis; Ave Maria (All Night Vigil, Op 37) Tchaikovsky: The Legend Rachmaninov: Blessed art thou, Lord; Magnificat; Gloria in excelsis; Day of Salvation; Hymn to the Mother of God (All Night Vigil, Op 37) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (conductor) 2.00pm Massenet: Suite No 3 (Scenes dramatiques) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Elgar: Sea pictures, Op 37 Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Vasks: 3 Poems by Czeslaw Milosz for countertenor, 2 tenors and baritone BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Tormis: Karelian destiny (Runic songs for chorus) BBC Singers James Morgan (conductor) Milhaud: Suite francaise, Op 248 (arr. for small orchestra) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Gershwin: Concerto in F for piano and orchestra Wayne Marshall (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Thierry Fischer (conductor) Vikram Seth and Alec Roth: Songs in time of war Mark Padmore (tenor) Philippe Honoré (violin) Gareth Hulse (oboe) Alison Nicholls (harp) Morgan Szymanski (guitar).